# General Tso’s Chicken

General Tso's chicken is a delicious and savory chinese dish.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 1 lb. chicken thigh
- salt
- garlic powder
- white pepper
- baking powder
- all-purpose flour
- cornstarch
- water
- soy sauce
- hoisin sauce
- rice vinegar
- Shaoxing wine
- sugar
- garlic
- ginger
- water
- dried chili peppers
- cornstarch slurry
- toasted sesame seeds
- green onions

## Instructions

1. Cut chicken thigh into bite-sized pieces
2. Season it with salt, garlic powder, white pepper, baking powder, all-purpose flour, cornstarch, and water
3. Mix it up well and let it marinate for 15 minutes
4. Make the sauce with soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, a little Shaoxing wine, sugar, garlic, ginger, and a little water
5. Whisk it all together and give it a taste test
6. Fry the chicken in small batches
7. Do a double fry
8. Leave a little oil in the wok and add in dried chili peppers
9. Pour in the sauce
10. Bring it to a boil and add the cornstarch slurry
11. Add in the chicken
12. Toss it until everything's coated
13. Top it with some toasted sesame seeds and some green onions

## Equipment

- knife
- bowl
- spoon
- measuring cup
- grater
- wok
- wooden spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjxfx62T/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/163c73c0-afd2-42b2-ac8f-f6521849b38d
- Extracted: 2025-05-27

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